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Chicago’s Zach LaVine, if we’re being realistic, is unlikely to be traded before January … if he’s even moved at all.

A trade involving a contract as substantial as LaVine’s is tricky to construct in the best of times and a far more significant undertaking before Dec. 15, for starters, when roughly 25% of the league’s nearly 450 players on standard contracts is still ineligible to be traded.

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    1 year ago

    If Ben Simmons with no confidence and one vertebrae can get traded for James Harden anything is possible.

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    We will be fine, remember we basically made it to the finals last year. We were a couple minutes away from beating the heat and they went to the finals, so we basically did too

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      1 year ago

      Thumbed down by his superfans. You literally have to scratch the floor like a drug addict to find totally irrelevant stats to make the guy look good.

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    I think the new CBA rules are having the intended affect. It you’re a playoff team trading for Zach, you have to be damn sure he is the piece that’s gonna push you over contention, because taking his contract hamstrings any future moves he can do.

    Problem is no teams feel like their an great #2 scoring option away from a Championship. I really think they missed their window by not blowing it up either last year at the deadline or this summer. Milwaukee for example would’ve been a perfect trade for them before Lillard became available.

    I feel like the team that makes the most sense is the Raptors - but even they should really be blowing it up instead of making more win-now moves.

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    I hardly see how LaVine doesn’t get moved, but at this stage it makes sense to wait for after December 15, if that allows for the best possible assets making their way to Chicago.

    But LaVine is 100% getting moved, he’s not going to play for a play in for much longer before asking for a trade.

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    1 year ago

    Well good that the reports came out so early in the season then so we get months of speculation and uncertainty.